2006 Instructions for Schedule J (2006)

Specific Instructions

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Table of Contents

Line 2

Elected Farm Income

To figure your elected farm income, first figure your taxable income from farming or fishing. This includes all income, gains, losses, and deductions attributable to any farming or fishing business. Include the deduction for one-half of self-employment tax only to the extent that deduction is attributable to your farming or fishing business. However, it does not include gain from the sale or other disposition of land.

You should find your income, gains, losses and deductions from farming or fishing reported on different tax forms, such as:

Form 1040, line 7, income from wages and other compensation you received as a shareholder in an S corporation engaged in a farming or fishing business;
Schedule C or C-EZ;
Schedule D;
Schedule E, Part II;
Schedule F;
Form 4797; and
Form 4835.

Your elected farm income is the amount of your taxable income from farming or fishing that you elect to include on line 2. However, you do not have to include all of your taxable income from farming or fishing on line 2. It may be to your advantage to include less than the entire amount, depending on how the amount you include on line 2 affects your tax bracket for the current and prior 3 tax years.

Your elected farm income cannot exceed your taxable income. Also, the portion of your elected farm income treated as a net capital gain cannot exceed the smaller of your total net capital gain or your net capital gain attributable to your farming or fishing business. If your elected farm income includes net capital gain, you must allocate an equal portion of the net capital gain to each of the base years. If, for any base year, you had a capital loss that resulted in a capital loss carryover to the next tax year, do not reduce the elected farm income allocated to that base year by any part of the carryover.

Line 4

Figure the tax on the amount on line 3 using the 2006 Tax Table, Tax Computation Worksheet, Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet, or Foreign Earned Income Tax Worksheet from the 2006 Instructions for Form 1040. The tax can also be figured on the Schedule D Tax Worksheet in the 2006 Instructions for Schedule D. Enter the tax on line 4.

If you use the Foreign Earned Income Tax Worksheet, enter the amount from Schedule J, line 3, on line 3 of the worksheet. Do not complete lines 1 and 2 of the worksheet.

Line 5

If you used Schedule J to figure your tax for 2005 (that is, you entered the amount from the 2005 Schedule J, line 22, on your 2005 Form 1040, line 44, or on Form 1040X), enter on line 5 the amount from your 2005 Schedule J, line 11. If you used Schedule J to figure your tax for 2004 but not 2005, enter on line 5 the amount from your 2004 Schedule J, line 15. If you used Schedule J to figure your tax for 2003 but not 2004 nor 2005, enter on line 5 the amount from your 2003 Schedule J, line 3.

If you figured your tax for 2003, 2004, and 2005 without using Schedule J, enter on line 5 the taxable income from your 2003 tax return (or as previously adjusted by the IRS, an amended return, etc.). But if that amount is zero or less, complete the worksheet below to figure the amount to enter on line 5.

If you filed your 2003 tax return using TeleFile, enter the taxable income from your TeleFile Tax Record. If you did not file a tax return for 2003, use the amount you would have reported as your taxable income had you been required to file a tax return. Be sure to keep all your records for 2003 for at least 3 years after April 16, 2007 (or the date you file your 2006 tax return, if later).

Instructions for 2003 Taxable Income Worksheet

Line 2. Any net capital loss deduction on your 2003 Schedule D, line 18, is not allowed for income averaging purposes to the extent it did not reduce your capital loss carryover to 2004. This could happen if the taxable income before subtracting exemptions—shown on your 2003 Form 1040, line 38 (or as previously adjusted)—was less than zero. Enter on Schedule J, line 2, the amount by which your 2003 capital loss carryover to 2004 (the sum of your short- and long-term capital loss carryovers) exceeds the excess of the loss on your 2003 Schedule D, line 17a, over the loss on your 2003 Schedule D, line 18. If you had any net operating loss (NOL) carrybacks to 2003, be sure you refigured your 2003 capital loss carryover to 2004.

Line 3. If you had an NOL for 2003, enter the amount of that NOL from line 27 of the 2003 Form 1045, Schedule A, you filed with Form 1045 or Form 1040X. If you did not have an NOL for 2003, enter the portion, if any, of the NOL carryovers and carrybacks to 2003 that were not used in 2003 and were carried to years after 2003.

Example. John Farmington did not use income averaging for 2003, 2004, nor 2005. For 2006, John has $18,000 of elected farm income on line 2. The taxable income before subtracting exemptions on his 2003 Form 1040, line 38, is $4,050. A deduction for exemptions of $3,050 is shown on line 39, and line 40, taxable income, is $1,000. However, John had a $22,100 NOL in 2004, $9,000 of which was remaining to carry to 2003 after the NOL was carried back to 2002. To complete line 1 of the worksheet, John combines the $9,000 NOL deduction with the $1,000 from his 2003 Form 1040, line 40. The result is a negative $8,000, John's 2003 taxable income, which he enters as a positive amount on line 1 of the 2003 worksheet.

When John filed his 2003 tax return, he had a $3,000 net capital loss deduction on Schedule D, line 18 (which was also entered on Form 1040, line 13a), a $7,000 loss on Schedule D, line 17a, and a $4,000 capital loss carryover to 2004. However, when John carried back the 2004 NOL to 2003, he refigured his 2003 capital loss carryover to 2004 as $7,000. John adds the $3,000 from Schedule D, line 18, and the $7,000 carryover. He subtracts from the result the $7,000 loss on his Schedule D, line 17a, and enters $3,000 on line 2 of the worksheet.

John had $1,000 of taxable income in 2003 that reduced the 2004 NOL carryback. The $3,050 of exemptions and $3,000 net capital loss deduction also reduced the amount of the 2004 NOL carryback. Therefore, only $1,950 was available to carry to 2005 and later years, as shown on line 9 of his 2004 Form 1045, Schedule B. John enters the $1,950 on line 3 of the worksheet, and $4,950 on line 4. He then subtracts the $4,950 from the $8,000 on line 1 and enters the result, $3,050, on line 5 of the worksheet. He enters a negative $3,050 on Schedule J, line 5. He combines that amount with the $6,000 on Schedule J, line 6, and enters $2,950 on Schedule J, line 7.

Complete this worksheet if you did not use Schedule J to figure your tax for both 2004 and 2005 and your 2003 taxable income was zero or less. See the instructions above before completing this worksheet.
1.	Figure the taxable income from your 2003 tax return (or as previously adjusted) without limiting it to zero. If you had an NOL for 2003, do not include any NOL carryovers or carrybacks to 2003. Enter the result as a positive amount		1.
2.	If there is a loss on your 2003 Schedule D, line 18, add that loss (as a positive amount) and your 2003 capital loss carryover to 2004. Subtract from that sum the amount of the loss on your 2003 Schedule D, line 17a, and enter the result	2.
3.	If you had an NOL for 2003, enter it as a positive amount. Otherwise, enter as a positive amount the portion, if any, of the NOL carryovers and carrybacks to 2003 that were not used in 2003 and were carried to years after 2003	3.
4.	Add lines 2 and 3		4.
5.	Subtract line 4 from line 1. Enter the result as a negative amount on Schedule J, line 5		5.

Line 8

If line 7 is zero, enter -0- on line 8. Otherwise, figure the tax on the amount on line 7 using:

The 2003 Tax Rate Schedules below,
The 2003 Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet on the next page, or
Part IV of the Schedule D you filed for 2003 (but use the 2003 Tax Rate Schedules below instead of the 2003 Tax Table when figuring the tax on lines 50 and 52 of Schedule D, Part IV, or on lines 48 and 50 of the Schedule D Tax Worksheet in the Schedule D instructions.

2003 Tax Rate Schedules—Line 8

Schedule X—Use if your 2003 filing status was Single					Schedule Y-2—Use if your 2003 filing status was Married filing separately
If Schedule J, line 7, is: Over—	But not over—	Enter on Schedule J, line 8		of the amount over—	If Schedule J, line 7, is: Over—	But not over—	Enter on Schedule J, line 8		of the amount over—
$0 7,000 28,400 68,800 143,500 311,950	$7,000 28,400 68,800 143,500 311,950 .............	........... $700.00 + 3,910.00 + 14,010.00 + 34,926.00 + 90,514.50 +	10% 15% 25% 28% 33% 35%	$0 7,000 28,400 68,800 143,500 311,950	$0 7,000 28,400 57,325 87,350 155,975	$7,000 28,400 57,325 87,350 155,975 .............	........... $700.00 + 3,910.00 + 11,141.25 + 19,548.25 + 42,194.50 +	10% 15% 25% 28% 33% 35%	$0 7,000 28,400 57,325 87,350 155,975
Schedule Y-1—Use if your 2003 filing status was Married filing jointly or Qualifying widow(er)					Schedule Z—Use if your 2003 filing status was Head of household
If Schedule J, line 7, is: Over—	But not over—	Enter on Schedule J, line 8		of the amount over—	If Schedule J, line 7, is: Over—	But not over—	Enter on Schedule J, line 8		of the amount over—
$0 14,000 56,800 114,650 174,700 311,950	$14,000 56,800 114,650 174,700 311,950 ............	........... $1,400.00 + 7,820.00 + 22,282.50 + 39,096.50 + 84,389.00 +	10% 15% 25% 28% 33% 35%	$0 14,000 56,800 114,650 174,700 311,950	$0 10,000 38,050 98,250 159,100 311,950	$10,000 38,050 98,250 159,100 311,950 .............	........... $1,000.00 + 5,207.50 + 20,257.50 + 37,295.50 + 87,736.00 +	10% 15% 25% 28% 33% 35%	$0 10,000 38,050 98,250 159,100 311,950

Use this worksheet only if: You entered (a) qualified dividends on your 2003 Form 1040, line 9b, (or your 2003 Form 1040A, line 9b), or (b) capital gain distributions directly on your 2003 Form 1040, line 13a (or your 2003 Form 1040A, line 10a) and checked the box on that line, and Your elected farm income on Schedule J, lines 5 and 6, does not include any net capital gain.
1.	Amount from Schedule J, line 7		1.
2.	Enter the total of the amounts from your 2003 Form 1040, lines 9b and 13a (or Form 1040A, lines 9b and 10a)	2.
3.	Amount, if any, from your 2003 Form 4952, line 4g	3.
4.	Subtract line 3 from 2. If zero or less, enter -0-		4.
5.	Enter the smaller of:
	The amount on line 1 above or $56,800 if married filing jointly or qualifying widow(er) for 2003, $28,400 if single or married filing separately, or $38,050 if head of household.		5.
6.	Subtract line 4 from line 1. If zero or less, enter -0-		6.
7.	Subtract line 6 from line 5. If zero or less, enter -0- and go to line 13		7.
8.	Enter the total of the amounts from your 2003 Form 1040, lines
	9b and 13b (or Form 1040A, lines 9b and 10b)	8.
9.	Enter the smaller of line 7 or 8		9.
10.	Multiply line 8 by 5% (.05)			10.
11.	Subtract line 9 from line 7. If zero, go to line 13		11.
12.	Multiply line 11 by 10% (.10)			12.
13.	Enter the smaller of line 1 or line 4		13.
14.	Enter the amount from line 7		14.
15.	Subtract line 14 from line 13. If zero or less, enter -0- and go to line 23		15.
16.	Enter the total of the amounts from your 2003 Form 1040, lines
	9b and 13b (or Form 1040A, lines 9b and 10b)	16.
17.	Enter the amount from line 9 (if line 9 is blank, enter -0-)	17.
18.	Subtract line 17 from line 16	18.
19.	Enter the smaller of line 15 or line 18		19.
20.	Multiply line 19 by 15% (.15)			20.
21.	Subtract line 19 from line 15. If zero, go to line 23		21.
22.	Multiply line 21 by 20% (.20)			22.
23.	Figure the tax on the amount on line 6. Use the 2003 Tax Rate Schedules on page J-3			23.
24.	Add lines 10, 12, 20, 22, and 23			24.
25.	Figure the tax on the amount on line 1. Use the 2003 Tax Rate Schedules on page J-3			25.
26.	Tax. Enter the smaller of line 24 or line 25 here and on Schedule J, line 8			26.

Line 9

If you used Schedule J to figure your tax for 2005 (that is, you entered the amount from the 2005 Schedule J, line 22, on your 2005 Form 1040, line 44, or on Form 1040X), enter on line 9 the amount from your 2005 Schedule J, line 15. If you used Schedule J to figure your tax for 2004 but not 2005, enter on line 9 the amount from your 2004 Schedule J, line 3.

If you figured your tax for both 2004 and 2005 without using Schedule J, enter on line 9 the taxable income from your 2004 tax return (or as previously adjusted by the IRS, an amended return, etc.). But if that amount is zero or less, complete the worksheet below to figure the amount to enter on line 9.

If you filed your 2004 tax return using TeleFile, enter the taxable income from your TeleFile Tax Record. If you did not file a tax return for 2004, use the amount you would have reported as your taxable income had you been required to file a tax return. Be sure to keep all your records for 2004 until at least 3 years after April 16, 2007 (or the date you file your 2006 tax return, if later).

Instructions for 2004 Taxable Income Worksheet

Line 2. Any net capital loss deduction on your 2004 Schedule D, line 21, is not allowed for income averaging purposes to the extent it did not reduce your capital loss carryover to 2005. This could happen if the taxable income before subtracting exemptions—shown on your 2004 Form 1040, line 40 (or as previously adjusted)—was less than zero. Enter on Schedule J, line 2, the amount by which your 2004 capital loss carryover to 2005 (the sum of your short- and long-term capital loss carryovers) exceeds the excess of the loss on your 2004 Schedule D, line 16, over the loss on your 2004 Schedule D, line 21. If you had any NOL carrybacks to 2004, be sure you refigured your 2004 capital loss carryover to 2005.

Line 3. If you had an NOL for 2004, enter the amount of that NOL from line 24 of the 2004 Form 1045, Schedule A, you filed with Form 1045 or Form 1040X. If you did not have an NOL for 2004, enter the portion, if any, of the NOL carryovers and carrybacks to 2004 that were not used in 2004 and were carried to years after 2004.

Example. John Farmington did not use income averaging for 2003, 2004, nor 2005. The taxable income before subtracting exemptions on his 2004 Form 1040, line 40, is a negative $29,900. A deduction for exemptions of $3,100 is shown on line 41, and line 42, taxable income, is limited to zero. John subtracts from the $29,900 loss the $3,100 deduction for exemptions. The result is a negative $33,000, John's 2004 taxable income, which he enters as a positive amount on line 1 of the 2004 worksheet.

When John filed his 2004 tax return, he had a $3,000 net capital loss deduction on Schedule D, line 21 (which was also entered on Form 1040, line 13), and a $7,000 loss on Schedule D, line 16 (as adjusted). He also had a $7,000 capital loss carryover to 2005. John adds the $3,000 from Schedule D, line 21, and the $7,000 carryover. He subtracts from the result the $7,000 loss on his Schedule D, line 16, and enters $3,000 on line 2 of the worksheet.

John enters $22,100 on line 3 of the worksheet, the 2004 NOL from his 2004 Form 1045, Schedule A, line 24. Of the $33,000 negative taxable income, the $3,100 deduction for exemptions, the $3,000 capital loss deduction, and his $4,850 standard deduction were not allowed in figuring the NOL. John had a $22,100 loss on his 2004 Schedule F, the only other item on his 2004 tax return.

John enters $25,100 on line 4 and $7,900 on line 5. He enters $7,900 as a negative amount on Schedule J, line 9. He enters $6,000 on Schedule J, line 10, and a negative $1,900 on Schedule J, line 11. If he uses Schedule J to figure his tax for 2007, he will enter the negative $1,900 amount on his 2007 Schedule J as his 2004 taxable income for income averaging purposes.

Complete this worksheet if you did not use Schedule J to figure your tax for 2005 and your 2004 taxable income was zero or less. See the instructions above before completing this worksheet.
1.	Figure the taxable income from your 2004 tax return (or as previously adjusted) without limiting it to zero. If you had an NOL for 2004, do not include any NOL carryovers or carrybacks to 2004. Enter the result as a positive amount		1.
2.	If there is a loss on your 2004 Schedule D, line 21, add that loss (as a positive amount) and your 2004 capital loss carryover to 2005. Subtract from that sum the amount of the loss on your 2004 Schedule D, line 16, and enter the result	2.
3.	If you had an NOL for 2004, enter it as a positive amount. Otherwise, enter as a positive amount the portion, if any, of the NOL carryovers and carrybacks to 2004 that were not used in 2004 and were carried to years after 2004	3.
4.	Add lines 2 and 3		4.
5.	Subtract line 4 from line 1. Enter the result as a negative amount on Schedule J, line 9		5.

Line 12

If line 11 is zero or less, enter -0- on line 12. Otherwise, figure the tax on the amount on line 11 using:

The 2004 Tax Rate Schedules below,
The 2004 Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet on page J-7, or
The 2004 Schedule D Tax Worksheet (but use the 2004 Tax Rate Schedules below instead of the 2004 Tax Table when figuring the tax on the Schedule D Tax Worksheet, lines 34 and 36).

2004 Tax Rate Schedules—Line 12

Schedule X—Use if your 2004 filing status was Single					Schedule Y-2—Use if your 2004 filing status was Married filing separately
If Schedule J, line 11, is: Over—	But not over—	Enter on Schedule J, line 12		of the amount over—	If Schedule J, line 11, is: Over—	But not over—	Enter on Schedule J, line 12		of the amount over—
$0 7,150 29,050 70,350 146,750 319,100	$7,150 29,050 70,350 146,750 319,100 .............	........... $715.00 + 4,000.00 + 14,325.00 + 35,717.00 + 92,592.50 +	10% 15% 25% 28% 33% 35%	$0 7,150 29,050 70,350 146,750 319,100	$0 7,150 29,050 58,625 89,325 159,550	$7,150 29,050 58,625 89,325 159,550 .............	........... $715.00 + 4,000.00 + 11,393.75 + 19,989.75 + 43,164.00 +	10% 15% 25% 28% 33% 35%	$0 7,150 29,050 58,625 89,325 159,550
Schedule Y-1—Use if your 2004 filing status was Married filing jointly or Qualifying widow(er)					Schedule Z—Use if your 2004 filing status was Head of household
If Schedule J, line 11, is: Over—	But not over—	Enter on Schedule J, line 12		of the amount over—	If Schedule J, line 11, is: Over—	But not over—	Enter on Schedule J, line 12		of the amount over—
$0 14,300 58,100 117,250 178,650 319,100	$14,300 58,100 117,250 178,650 319,100 ............	........... $1,430.00 + 8,000.00 + 22,787.50 + 39,979.50 + 86,328.00 +	10% 15% 25% 28% 33% 35%	$0 14,300 58,100 117,250 178,650 319,100	$0 10,200 38,900 100,500 162,700 319,100	$10,200 38,900 100,500 162,700 319,100 .............	........... $1,020.00 + 5,325.00 + 20,725.00 + 38,141.00 + 89,753.00 +	10% 15% 25% 28% 33% 35%	$0 10,200 38,900 100,500 162,700 319,100

Use this worksheet only if both of the following apply. Your elected farm income on Schedule J, line 2, does not include any net capital gain. You (a) entered qualified dividends on your 2004 Form 1040, line 9b (or your 2004 Form 1040A, line 9b), (b) entered capital gain distributions directly on your 2004 Form 1040, line 13 (or your 2004 Form 1040A, line 10) and checked the box on that line, or (c) filed Schedule D in 2004 and you answered “Yes” on lines 17 and 20 of that Schedule D.
1.	Amount from Schedule J, line 11			1.
2.	Amount from Form 1040, line 9b (or Form 1040A, line 9b)		2.
3.	Did you file Schedule D in 2004?
	Yes.	Enter the smaller of line 15 or 16 of your 2004 Schedule D, but do not enter less than -0-	3.
	No.	Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 13 (or Form 1040A, line 10)
4.	Add lines 2 and 3		4.
5.	Amount, if any, from your 2004 Form 4952, line 4g		5.
6.	Subtract line 5 from line 4. If zero or less, enter -0-			6.
7.	Subtract line 6 from line 1. If zero or less, enter -0-			7.
8.	Enter the smaller of:
	The amount on line 1, or
	$29,050 if single or married filing separately for 2004,			8.
	$58,100 if married filing jointly or qualifying widow(er), $38,900 if head of household.
9.	Is the amount on line 7 equal to or more than the amount on line 8?
	Yes.	Skip lines 9 through 11; go to line 12 and check the "No" box.
	No.	Enter the amount from line 7		9.
10.	Subtract line 9 from line 8			10.
11.	Multiply line 10 by 5% (.05)				11.
12.	Are the amounts on lines 6 and 10 the same?
	Yes.	Skip lines 12 through 15; go to line 16.
	No.	Enter the smaller of line 1 or line 6		12.
13.	Enter the amount from line 10 (if line 10 is blank, enter -0-)			13.
14.	Subtract line 13 from line 12			14.
15.	Multiply line 14 by 15% (.15)				15.
16.	Figure the tax on the amount on line 7. Use the 2004 Tax Rate Schedules on page J-6				16.
17.	Add lines 11, 15, and 16				17.
18.	Figure the tax on the amount on line 1. Use the 2004 Tax Rate Schedules on page J-6				18.
19.	Tax. Enter the smaller of line 17 or line 18 here and on Schedule J, line 12				19.

Line 13

If you used Schedule J to figure your tax for 2005 (that is, you entered the amount from the 2005 Schedule J, line 22, on your 2005 Form 1040, line 44, or on Form 1040X), enter on line 13 the amount from your 2005 Schedule J, line 3.

If you did not use Schedule J to figure your tax for 2005, enter on line 13 the taxable income from your 2005 tax return (or as previously adjusted by the IRS, an amended return, etc.). But if that amount is zero or less, complete the worksheet below to figure the amount to enter on line 13.

If you did not file a tax return for 2005, use the amount you would have reported as your taxable income had you been required to file a tax return. Be sure to keep all your records for 2005 until at least 3 years after April 16, 2007 (or the date you file your 2006 tax return, if later).

Instructions for 2005 Taxable Income Worksheet

Line 2. Any net capital loss deduction on your 2005 Schedule D, line 21, is not allowed for income averaging purposes to the extent it did not reduce your capital loss carryover to 2006. This could happen if the taxable income before subtracting exemptions—shown on your 2005 Form 1040, line 41 (or as previously adjusted)—was less than zero. Enter the amount by which your 2005 capital loss carryover to 2006 (the sum of your short- and long-term capital loss carryovers) exceeds the excess of the loss on your 2005 Schedule D, line 16, over the loss on your 2005 Schedule D, line 21.

Line 3. If you had an NOL for 2005, enter the amount of that NOL from line 25 of the 2005 Form 1045, Schedule A, you filed with Form 1045 or Form 1040X. If you did not have an NOL for 2005, enter the portion, if any, of the NOL carryovers and carrybacks to 2005 that were not used in 2005 and were carried to years after 2005.

Example. John Farmington did not use income averaging for 2003, 2004, nor 2005. The taxable income before subtracting exemptions on his 2005 Form 1040, line 41, is a negative $1,000. This amount includes an NOL deduction on his 2005 Form 1040, line 21, of $1,900. The $1,900 is the portion of the 2004 NOL that was remaining from 2003 to be carried to 2005. See the examples on pages J-2 and J-5. A deduction for exemptions of $3,200 is shown on Form 1040, line 42, and line 43, taxable income, is limited to zero. John does not have an NOL for 2005. John subtracts from the $1,000 negative amount on Form 1040, line 41, the $3,200 deduction for exemptions. The result is a negative $4,200, John's 2005 taxable income, which he enters as a positive amount on line 1 of the 2005 worksheet.

When John filed his 2005 tax return, he had a $3,000 net capital loss deduction on Schedule D, line 21 (which was also entered on Form 1040, line 13), a $7,000 loss on Schedule D, line 16, and a $5,000 capital loss carryover to 2006 (his 2005 capital loss carryover to 2006 was $5,000, not $4,000, because the amount on his Form 1040, line 41, was a negative $1,000). John adds the $3,000 from Schedule D, line 21, and the $5,000 carryover. He subtracts from the result the $7,000 loss on his Schedule D, line 16, and enters $1,000 on line 2 of the worksheet.

John enters -0- on line 3 of the worksheet because he does not have an NOL for 2005 and did not have an NOL carryover from 2005 available to carry to 2006 and later years. The NOL deduction for 2005 of $1,900 was reduced to zero because it did not exceed his modified taxable income of $3,900. Modified taxable income is figured by adding back the $3,000 net capital loss deduction and the $3,200 of exemptions to negative taxable income (figured without regard to the NOL deduction) of $2,300. John enters $1,000 on line 4 and $3,200 on line 5. He enters $3,200 as a negative amount on Schedule J, line 13. He enters $6,000 on Schedule J, line 14, and $2,800 on Schedule J, line 15. If he uses Schedule J to figure his tax for 2007, he will enter $2,800 on his 2007 Schedule J as his 2005 taxable income for income averaging purposes.

Complete this worksheet if your 2005 taxable income is zero or less. See the instructions above before completing this worksheet.
1.	Figure the taxable income from your 2005 tax return (or as previously adjusted) without limiting it to zero. If you had an NOL for 2005, do not include any NOL carryovers or carrybacks to 2005. Enter the result as a positive amount		1.
2.	If there is a loss on your 2005 Schedule D, line 21, add that loss (as a positive amount) and your 2005 capital loss carryover to 2006. Subtract from that sum the amount of the loss on your 2005 Schedule D, line 16, and enter the result	2.
3.	If you had an NOL for 2005, enter it as a positive amount. Otherwise, enter as a positive amount the portion, if any, of the NOL carryovers and carrybacks to 2005 that were not used in 2005 and were carried to years after 2005	3.
4.	Add lines 2 and 3		4.
5.	Subtract line 4 from line 1. Enter the result as a negative amount on Schedule J, line 13		5.

Line 16

If line 15 is zero or less, enter -0- on line 16. Otherwise, figure the tax on the amount on line 15 using:

The 2005 Tax Rate Schedules on page J-9,
The 2005 Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet on page J-10, or
The 2005 Schedule D Tax Worksheet (but use the 2005 Tax Rate Schedules on page J-9 instead of the 2005 Tax Table when figuring the tax on the Schedule D Tax Worksheet, lines 34 and 36).

2005 Tax Rate Schedules—Line 16

Schedule X—Use if your 2005 filing status was Single					Schedule Y-2—Use if your 2005 filing status was Married filing separately
If Schedule J, line 15, is: Over—	But not over—	Enter on Schedule J, line 16		of the amount over—	If Schedule J, line 15, is: Over—	But not over—	Enter on Schedule J, line 16		of the amount over—
$0 7,300 29,700 71,950 150,150 326,450	$7,300 29,700 71,950 150,150 326,450 .............	........... $730.00 + 4,090.00 + 14,652.50 + 36,548.50 + 94,727.50 +	10% 15% 25% 28% 33% 35%	$0 7,300 29,700 71,950 150,150 326,450	$0 7,300 29,700 59,975 91,400 163,225	$7,300 29,700 59,975 91,400 163,225 .............	........... $730.00 + 4,090.00 + 11,658.75 + 20,457.75 + 44,160.00 +	10% 15% 25% 28% 33% 35%	$0 7,300 29,700 59,975 91,400 163,225
Schedule Y-1—Use if your 2005 filing status was Married filing jointly or Qualifying widow(er)					Schedule Z—Use if your 2005 filing status was Head of household
If Schedule J, line 15, is: Over—	But not over—	Enter on Schedule J, line 16		of the amount over—	If Schedule J, line 15, is: Over—	But not over—	Enter on Schedule J, line 16		of the amount over—
$0 14,600 59,400 119,950 182,800 326,450	$14,600 59,400 119,950 182,800 326,450 ............	........... $1,460.00 + 8,180.00 + 23,317.50 + 40,915.50 + 88,320.00 +	10% 15% 25% 28% 33% 35%	$0 14,600 59,400 119,950 182,800 326,450	$0 10,450 39,800 102,800 166,450 326,450	$10,450 39,800 102,800 166,450 326,450 .............	........... $1,045.00 + 5,447.50 + 21,197.50 + 39,019.50 + 91,819.50 +	10% 15% 25% 28% 33% 35%	$0 10,450 39,800 102,800 166,450 326,450

Lines 18, 19, and 20

If you filed your 2003 or 2004 tax return using TeleFile, enter your tax from your TeleFile Tax Record. The TeleFile program was discontinued in 2005.

If you amended your return or the IRS made changes to it, enter the corrected amount.

Use this worksheet only if both of the following apply. Your elected farm income on Schedule J, line 2, does not include any net capital gain. You (a) entered qualified dividends on your 2005 Form 1040, line 9b (or your 2005 Form 1040A, line 9b), (b) entered capital gain distributions directly on your 2005 Form 1040, line 13 (or your 2005 Form 1040A, line 10) and checked the box on that line, or (c) filed Schedule D in 2005 and you answered “Yes” on lines 17 and 20 of that Schedule D.
1.	Amount from Schedule J, line 15			1.
2.	Amount from Form 1040, line 9b (or Form 1040A, line 9b)		2.
3.	Did you file Schedule D in 2005?
	Yes.	Enter the smaller of line 15 or 16 of your 2005 Schedule D, but do not enter less than -0-	3.
	No.	Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 13 (or Form 1040A, line 10)
4.	Add lines 2 and 3		4.
5.	Amount, if any, from your 2005 Form 4952, line 4g		5.
6.	Subtract line 5 from line 4. If zero or less, enter -0-			6.
7.	Subtract line 6 from line 1. If zero or less, enter -0-			7.
8.	Enter the smaller of:
	The amount on line 1, or
	$29,700 if single or married filing separately for 2005,			8.
	$59,400 if married filing jointly or qualifying widow(er), $39,800 if head of household.
9.	Is the amount on line 7 equal to or more than the amount on line 8?
	Yes.	Skip lines 9 through 11; go to line 12 and check the "No" box.
	No.	Enter the amount from line 7		9.
10.	Subtract line 9 from line 8			10.
11.	Multiply line 10 by 5% (.05)				11.
12.	Are the amounts on lines 6 and 10 the same?
	Yes.	Skip lines 12 through 15; go to line 16.
	No.	Enter the smaller of line 1 or line 6		12.
13.	Enter the amount from line 10 (if line 10 is blank, enter -0-)			13.
14.	Subtract line 13 from line 12			14.
15.	Multiply line 14 by 15% (.15)				15.
16.	Figure the tax on the amount on line 7. Use the 2005 Tax Rate Schedules on page J-9				16.
17.	Add lines 11, 15, and 16				17.
18.	Figure the tax on the amount on line 1. Use the 2005 Tax Rate Schedules on page J-9				18.
19.	Tax. Enter the smaller of line 17 or line 18 here and on Schedule J, line 16				19.